Improvement in fences



UNITED STATES PATENT FFIGE.

WILLIAM W. SULLIVAN, OF LIBERTY, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 110,170, dated December13, 1870.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM W.Y SULLIVAN, ofLiberty, in the county of Union, and in the State of India-na, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence; and do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference 'being had to the accompanying drawing, and

to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of thisspecication.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a fence, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which myinventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure l is a perspective view of my fence, and Fig. 2 is a transversevertical section.

Each section of my fence is composed of two posts, A A, and four boards,B B, with another board, C, nailed in center of the section, to preventthe boards B B from Warping. Just above the top board is a connection,D, long enough to reach from inside to inside of each post of adjoining`sections, said connection being nailed to both posts. In each of theseconnections there is a round hole, through which the upper end of astake, E, goes, forming a crotch-rest in connection with the posts forone or more rails, G. The lower ends of the stakes E E are to be setfirmly in the ground when the fence is made, the stakes receiving andsupporting the fence.

The fence is intended to rest on top of the ground or stones, except thelower ends of the stakes, which, as above stated, go into the ground.

Theleanin gposition ofthe fence is a guaranty against any animal jumpingthe fence. It approached on the side, so that the fence is lean ing fromthe animal, it cannot get up close enough, measuring the distance Withthe eye, to jump over; and if approachedA from the other side, besidesthe first difficulty of the abruptness of the position leaning towardthe animal, the landing is too far for it to venture, so that no animal,unless infuriated to distraction, Will attempt to jump it from eitherside.

The inclinin g position materially diminishes the force of the wind uponit as against one built perpendicularly, no matter on what side the windstrikes it.

The rails G, (one or more to each section,.) resting inthe crotch, mustbe blown up in order to be displaced, which last two facts, taken inconnection with the stakes, make it proof against any ordinarywindstorm.

It will be seen that when the fence is struck by the wind on the stakeside hard enoughwhich would be its weakest point in resistingwind-storms-the upper end of the post and stake, together with the rail,forms a complete lock.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is y The combination of the sectionsor panels A B C, perforated ears D, stakes E, and rails G, allconstructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes hereinset forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this6th day of August, 1870.

VILLIAM WV. SULLIVAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN B. MACY, NEWTON HOWREN.

